Unit 9

@地道英語口語

be taken in

東西被拿到哪裡去了？

Warm up

Maggie: Do you know the reason why Paul quit?

Warner: He was taken in by a client and it cost a lot.

瑪吉：你知道保羅辭職的原因嗎？

沃納：他被一個客戶騙了，虧損了一大筆錢。

原來是這個意思！

be taken in

受騙；上當

take有許多用法及解釋，衍生出的短語

take in也有幾種不同的意思(收容；改小衣服；理解等)。

此處的take為常見的俚語用法，意指“欺騙”，be taken in則指“被欺騙”，意思同be deceived。

Let's talk !

Joey: I was taken in by the advertisement!

喬伊：我被廣告騙了！

Lily: If you don't like the fitness machine, can you return it?

莉莉：如果你不喜歡那臺健身器材，可以退貨嗎？

Joey: What really drives me nuts is that this is not refundable!

喬伊：真正讓我抓狂的是，這臺機器不接受退貨！

Lily: All right. Cool off. Let me try to sell it on-line.

莉莉：好吧，冷靜點，讓我試著在網上賣掉。

Joey: Really? You are my savior!

喬伊：真的嗎？你真是我的救星！

單詞/短語充電區

dupe n. 易受騙者

circumvent v. 陷害

exaggerate 誇大

advantage 好處

be born yesterday 無知的

expose a fraud 折穿騙局

on the up and up 光明磊落